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ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has urged men to stop viewing women as possessions, saying the mentality of thinking they own women because they provide material items contributes to gender-based violence (GBV).

The Border Management Authority (BMA) and Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) held a media briefing at OR Tambo International Airport on Thursday to address operational updates and their plans to ensure seamless movement of travellers during the peak holiday season.

Johannesburg’s emergency services are on high alert as severe thunderstorms and possible flooding are forecast for the city as 80% rain possibility hits the province.

The deadline for spaza shops and other small food outlets to register their businesses has been extended to February 28.  This was announced during a press briefing on Wednesday by ministers leading the multidisciplinary team in government responsible for the national response to instances of food-borne illnesses and illicit trade. 

Frustrated by long patient wait times at a Limpopo hospital, premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba delivered a stern warning to staff that failure to assist patients promptly would result in dismissal.

MKP chair Nathi Nhleko and secretary-general Floyd Shivamvu have told journalists why they think the party has a case of vote fraud against the IEC.

Gauteng finance and economic development MEC Lebogang Maile briefed the media on the progress of the registration of spaza shops in Gauteng. This as the 21-day deadline issued by President Cyril Ramaphosa looms.

South Africans are happier and the country has changed for the better since the MK Party was established, says party leader Jacob Zuma.

MK Party (MKP) leader Jacob Zuma has warned his party will take its case of alleged vote rigging to international courts if local courts do not rule in its favour, which he says may result in the party being told to govern with immediate effect.

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has warned South Africans against registering businesses for illegal foreigners, asking authorities to act against such actions. Mashatile said the government wanted South Africans to own most shops.

KwaZulu-Natal police boss Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has vowed to make a good example of disgruntled taxi owners blocking roads and confiscating keys from vehicles.

EFF leader Julius Malema says he never met my father, and he never saw the need to know him. Malema opened up about his childhood during the recent Hustlers Corner Podcast hosted by broadcaster and businessman DJ Sbu. Malema also touched on the difficulties of dealing with his mother's epilepsy.

EFF leader Julius Malema threatened his former deputy Floyd Shivambu that he will spill the beans should he be pushed.

EFF leader Julius Malema says the MK Party has made it its mission to recruit leaders of his party and the EFF has now excluded MK from an EFF march.

Vodacom 'Please call me' service inventor Nkosana Makate is confident his case is solid and that the ConCourt will bring the R9.4m matter to finality.

Gauteng finance and economic development MEC Lebogang Maile says officials will have to work within the 21 days granted by the president to help spaza shops with registration. Maile was briefing the media on the provincial government’s strategy to help spaza shop owners to register their businesses. The MEC outlined the requirements for successful registration for business owners, both local and f...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says spaza shops implicated in the deaths of children from food poisoning must be closed with immediate effect

Police say they will not go underground and endanger their lives to rescue as many as 4,000 illegal miners in North West as those underground are said to be armed.

EFF leader Julius Malema says he’s outgoing president of the party rubbishing claims that he is a “dictator”. If he is not re-elected in leadership next month Malema will go back to farming.

EFF leader Julius Malema says MKP president Jacob Zuma is inviting him to a fight and he is not scared.

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The Presidency says Durban and its beaches are ready to welcome thousands of tourists ahead of the festive season.

Water and sanitation minister Pemmy Majodina says South Africans are using too much water, adding the country's water is safe to drink.

The Pretoria high court has ruled that one of the five men accused in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Mthobisi Mncube, be transferred from C-Max prison to a facility closer to his place of origin or any maximum-security centre that may be convenient. The court however dismissed Fisokuhle Ntuli's application to be moved out of solitary confinement. The duo are on trial with three other accused for t...

“We’re intervening,” says Deputy President Paul Mashatile as children die of poisoning allegedly sold by spaza shops, saying the government must not be too lazy to regulate food.